Forum: World War I and the Origins of the Modern Food System

Lauren Janes; April Merleaux; Helen Zoe Veit; Alice Weinreb; Samuel Yamashita

doi:10.1080/20549547.2019.1666647

Forum: World War I and the Origins of the Modern Food System

Lauren Janes
, April Merleaux
, Helen Zoe Veit
, Alice Weinreb
, Samuel Yamashita

Department of History

Hope College
Williams College
Michigan State University
Pomona College

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Original language	American English
Journal	Global Food History
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/20549547.2019.1666647
State	Published - Sep 27 2019

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Political Science
Economic History

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